Ryan Breen
Vice President, Technology, Gomez Inc.

Ryan Breen is the vice president of technology at Gomez, a provider of Internet application performance information. After graduating from Duke University with degrees in computer science and economics in 2000, he led a team creating a suite of Web performance management technologies, including a Java-based, Web browser emulation platform. Using these tools, Ryan has worked with hundreds of top Internet companies to measure and manage the performance of their Web applications. As more customers have moved to Ajax technologies, Ryan has helped them define performance best practices applicable to the new development style.

Fast web pages are critical to a good user experience, but what is "response time" and how should it be measured? This panel discusses what parts of page loading should be measured and the importance of perceived versus instrumented speed.
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